Ten Things You Never Knew About Me

1. My favorite comfort food is peanut butter schmeared on a slice of hot buttered rye toast. Since going gluten free, I've had to settle for peanut butter on a rice cake. I know, I know. I hear many readers thinking, Make gluten free toast. Duh! And I could do that. I even have, on occasion, baked a gluten free bread. But then there were all those sawdust doorstops and hockey pucks that only made me even sadder- and need comfort food even more. Letting go seemed the Zen thing to do.

It takes more than courage to bake gluten free. It takes a strong ego. Because it's not for the faint of heart. Especially if you are also dairy-free and egg-free. Oy.

Or maybe it's all about desire. Maybe if I truly wanted bread again I'd somehow make it happen. Maybe I lack fire. Maybe my passion for sourdough and rye toast was only a crush, not a life-long commitment; because I haven't been courting or chasing the elusive bread replacement. Not with enthusiasm, anyway.

2. I was an extra in All The President's Men. I only got to lock eyes with Mr. Redford for maybe three seconds. But as three seconds go? Not too shabby.

3. I don't often wear shoes. Unlike many women- who apparently have a deep and penetrating love of ridiculously expensive, impossible to run in ho-heels, I prefer to go barefoot. Although I do own several one pair of $2.99 jelly flip-flops. And Rocket Dogs. UGGS. Does that count? Okay. Scratch that, then.

5. I once had Seymour Cassel believing I was French for an entire week (I don't speak French).

6. At key moments in my life (some might call them defining moments) I have chosen love over money with no regrets. Even though I drive a used car with a transmission that is steadily declining in performance at an alarming rate. (See Thing #4.)

7. I have learned more from my two children- my fascinating, talented, wise, smart, funny, empathetic sons- than I ever taught them. Motherhood has been a remarkable process of discovery, improvisation and invention. I am in their debt. For life. Not to mention, in love.

8. I'm shy and introverted and I tend to live in my head. That's the reality of the isolated painting and writing life. And that's why I love cooking. Cooking is not only a way to reconnect and share the day with my husband and sons, but also a way to connect with friends-- and now, fellow bloggers and readers.

Cooking grounds me and brings me back to earth.

9. I'm hot flashing as I write this.

10. In another life (you know, in one of those other ten dimensions the Buddha talks about?) I'm a surfer and live at the beach. (See Thing #4.) The Dude Abides.

8 comments:

Karina-where DO you live if you can go bare foot or with flipflops all the time? I stop using shoes in May (only when I drive and walk on hot asfalt/asphalt(?) in the city) and my neighbours think that I'm strange, very strange...I LOVE The Big Lebowski!And I'm surprised to hear that you are shy and introvert, I pictured you the other way round!

Number 3, number 3, and NUMBER #3!!! Now I feel like the number of slipper wearers are gaining strength... and that when my husband scowls at my 'styleless' choice of footwear, I can say "Well other people wear them too!"

At the moment, we live in Massachusetts and it's snowing as I write this. But I work at home so never wear shoes. Unless I go out. And then - and I hate to admit it [because you'll picture me as very earthy-crunchy and I'm not] I wear Birkenstock sandals with thick socks! How geeky is that!?

Rowena!

Thanks for stopping by - I love your blog! Yes, flip-flop girls unite. Just say no to Manolo. Hang ten!

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About this blog:

Lots and lots of water has churned under the bridge known as the Gluten-Free Goddess blog (born back in late 2005). And with that current, Dear Reader, many changes.

The highlights:

My husband and I have moved more than half a dozen times (artists with empty nests like to explore), lived in six different states, ate dairy-free (for seven years) and baked vegan (aka also eggless) for five, shunning gluten 100% (still do, always will). This is to say, Dear Reader, that some recipes here might include eggs, milk and butter, while others might be totally GFDFEF (aka still yummy while vegan). I've baked all recipes both ways- so check recipe notes for substitutions.

I've created roughly 400 recipes for you. All are gluten-free, developed in my own humble kitchen(s). From Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas to Apple Crisp I have focused on tasty, seasonal, family style cooking. The kind of food we actually cook here at Casa Allrich.

Bio::

Publisher and recipe developer Karina- aka Gluten-Free Goddess- discovered she was gluten intolerant in late 2001- after a decade of unseemly, classic celiac symptoms. She has been cooking and baking gluten-free ever since, serving up hundreds of original recipes on her popular food blog, launched in late fall 2005.